Nero's Day at Disneyland

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/nerosdayatdisneland
Band Members: Brock Bousfield, Shon Koperweis

While perusing the /mu/chan forums, I came across a band with a name that caught my eye. I have a natural tendency to be averse to "glitch" bands, but upon hearing this band my attention was immediately ensnared. "From Rotting Fantasylands" starts off like a typical glitch album but quickly it is evident with the use of strange, reversed tribal vocals, haunting choir music, and the chaos of sound that Nero's Day at Disneyland are more than a simple run of the mill electronica band (and perhaps I need to listen to more glitch and re-evaluate my opinions!). Furthermore, each song is distinctly unique from one another. (A problem I have noted within certain glitch bands is that the beeps and bloops, if the artist is not talented, offer an impression of redundancy). But the eclectic techniques Brock and Shon employ really take the genre to another level. "No Money Down, Low Monthly Payments" really encapsulates the album's name; it sounds like a tinkling dream place succumbing to screeching "technical difficulties," phantoms, eerie spooks that slink around merry-go-rounds and bring true horror to the haunted houses. Overall the album as a whole was a pleasure to listen to. My favorite tracks were "Stretched Linen over Contorted Bodies" (which features incredibly quick beats and intense progressions) and "Eulogy for Nick Galvas," which sounds like what would happen if a robot had a bad acid trip.

Overall this whole album is nightmarish (in a great way). It would make a great soundtrack for a b horror movie about killer robots. Two thumbs up, this album gets the Bumblebee sting of approval